FT: Nvidia board sounded out Arm CEO Rene Haas for top job
Nvidia's board says it has not formally contacted any candidate and is still choosing an executive search firm to run the CEO process.
Nvidia's board contacted Arm CEO Rene Haas as one of the candidates to succeed Jensen Huang, the Financial Times reported on November 13, 2026, citing multiple sources. The board responded with a statement saying it has not yet formally contacted any potential candidate and that speculation about specific individuals is premature.
The board said it is in the process of selecting an external executive search firm to handle the CEO appointment. It did not deny the possibility that Haas was informally sounded out, and no formal recruitment negotiations were confirmed. Arm declined to comment on the reports.
Arm's share price fell about 5% on the US stock market on November 13.
Nvidia announced Huang's resignation on November 12, 2026, and appointed CFO Colette Kress as interim CEO. The company also named longtime board member Harvey Jones as board chairman and began the formal selection process.
Other names mentioned as candidates include Kress, Vice President Ian Buck, who led CUDA development, and AMD CEO Lisa Su.
Haas's Nvidia history
Haas worked at Nvidia for seven years from 2006 to 2013 as vice president and general manager of the computing products business, before moving to Arm, where he became CEO in 2022 and led its Nasdaq listing the following year. Nvidia agreed in 2020 to acquire Arm from SoftBank for about $40 billion, but abandoned the deal in 2022 after opposition from regulators in several countries.
Quick answers
Who is running Nvidia now?
CFO Colette Kress was appointed interim CEO on November 12, 2026, after Jensen Huang's resignation, with Harvey Jones named board chairman.
Did Nvidia confirm it approached Rene Haas?
No. The board said it has not formally contacted any candidate and did not deny that Haas may have been informally sounded out.